dung beetle - insect got its name because of his addiction to manure.The insect feeds on dung, which is usually located away from his home.The eponymous family includes 4 types of beetles, namely Plastinchatousye, afodii, geotrupy or real dung beetles and scarabs.
beetles produce their works during the day, so scientists are always interested in how manages to overcome a long way under the scorching sun, which overcomes the dung beetle.White day in the desert, heat, sand is heated to 60 degrees, and the beetle does not tolerate heat.How is this happening?The answer is simple: the advantage of beetles is that they are constantly in motion and still carry a "conditioning."When the temperature of the body rises and becomes critical, zhuk- beetle crawls on its ball of dung, and there are literally 10 seconds cools down by 7 degrees.
male and female in these beetles live together and live together, they always help each other, even in such a difficult situation as the egg-laying insects working together.Building nests of these beings is considered one of the most important processes, because every next dor to live in isolation.The larvae of beetles live separately from each other, and each in his cell there is food.The larvae also feed on manure.And over time, as will become breadwinners.
Despite appearances, these beetles are great summer in search of food.Food is easy to find them, because they have an excellent sense of smell.Once the food is found, beetle chooses a piece more beautiful and more and tries to hide it from the competition.Hide falls to the ground, in a pre-dug pit.
parental care dung beetles are very peculiar.Adult insects are selected from their holes by the end of summer and start preparing his mink feed.Then the content of mink food stocks.Food fills the burrows directly owner - beetle.Grey autumn day allows beetles to walk plenty, because they love moisture and coolness, and in a day you can find a pair.And despite the fact that the mating season is still a long way from the day of the meeting the beetles do not leave.
Stocks insects are very diverse.It's not just animal dung, and rotten leaves and small flowers, and seeds and small fruits.All stocks of the couple now produces together.Male basically becomes earner and female handles food delivered.The treatment is adding to the available stocks of the litter female and male and rolling mass clumps, which later will be a process of fermentation.Upon the arrival of spring comes the pair copulation.By this time the balls provisions already fermented, and the female divides them into small circles of which makes the bowl.In a bowl, she adds testicles and closing caps.After that, the female does not leave his hole, taking care of offspring, and the male beetle zhuk- constantly provides the whole family with food.
As you can see, despite the unattractive name of this beetle - very interesting insect.
